Nepal’s high-altitude wildernesses & wildlife are increasingly under threat (commentary)
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner·9 Sept 2026
- High-altitude wildernesses like Limi Valley in Nepal are suffering from human encroachment, which is advancing at an unprecedented pace, pushing wildlife into ever-smaller pockets of shrinking...
Proposed expansion of Karaikal Port evokes strong opposition
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·9 Sept 2026
Environmentalists, fishermen, and residents of Karaikal and Nagapattinam have raised strong objection to the proposal of the Karaikal Port Private Ltd.
Volunteers go to shoal to protect it from erosion - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·10 Sept 2026
More than 100 people on Tuesday traveled to Waisanding Sandbar (外傘頂洲), Taiwan’s largest shoal, to help protect it from erosion by building sand-trapping structures from discarded oyster racks.
Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
ABC News Australiaby Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery·9 Sept 2026
In short: The NSW Greens are calling for an immediate embargo on floodplain harvesting after the water watchdog fails in court.
Estuary water quality trends have $100M implications, researchers find
Phys.orgby Neil Versel·9 Sept 2026
Estuary water quality trends have $100M implications, researchers find Estuaries across the United States are facing the same trends of warming waters, algal growth and declining oxygen...
Staggering price tag for states worst hit by rising seas revealed
ABC News Australiaby Romy Stephens·9 Sept 2026
Climate change means Australia's love of the coast is facing a multi-billion-dollar reckoning, research suggests, as rising seas threaten to turn its prized coastal lifestyle into a question of who...
Munnar in bloom
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·9 Sept 2026
Every 12 years, parts of the Western Ghats acquire a different colour as Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes Kunthiana) flowers across their high-altitude grasslands.
Environmental organisation readies comprehensive SWM action plan for adoption by Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation
The Hinduby R Krishnamoorthy·9 Sept 2026
Devising ward-wise action plan, roping in volunteers for public participation, exclusive management of bulk waste, establishment of bio-CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) plants and a multi-tier...
US records hottest summer in 132 years
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·9 Sept 2026
The United States just had its hottest summer on record, with extreme heat and drought gripping large parts of the country.
Indigenous land back in Chile brings mixed bag of environmental outcomes: Study
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu·9 Sept 2026
- A new study found that the restitution of 217,000 hectares (about 538,000 acres) of land to Mapuche communities in Chile did not produce the environmental gains often associated with Indigenous...
How to enhance ocean health and resilience with marine rewilding
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta·9 Sept 2026
Ocean ecosystems are under extreme stress on several fronts including overfishing, ocean acidification, climate change and marine warming.
Sanwo-Olu declares ‘small state of emergency’ on Lagos waste crisis
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo·9 Sept 2026
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared what he called a “small state of emergency” over the worsening waste situation in the state, ordering the deployment of more trucks and the...
Secret tunnels in Maine help wildlife cross the road safely. Now, they're expanding for bears and moose to fit, too
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·9 Sept 2026
Every year, more than 500 moose and 3,000 deer are hit by vehicles in Maine, according to the state’s Department of Transportation.
No more critical groundwater block in Chhattisgarh now; state aims for total water security by 2030
ThePrintby PTI·9 Sept 2026
Raipur, Sep 9 (PTI) Chhattisgarh has achieved a major milestone in groundwater conservation, with no development block in the state now falling under the “critical” groundwater extraction category...
India sends fresh tranche of relief material, equipment aboard C-17 to flood-ravaged Nepal
ThePrintby PTI·9 Sept 2026
New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI) India on Wednesday sent a fresh tranche of humanitarian aid comprising 35 tonnes of relief material and equipment onboard a C-17 transport aircraft to flood-ravaged Nepal...
Stop Making These Recycling Mistakes
Timeby Simmone Shah·9 Sept 2026
Public confidence and trust in recycling systems is on the decline. While 87% of Americans say recycling is important, only about 32% of household waste is recycled or composted, according to 2025...
Windows 11 finally has everything you need to clean your PC, no third-party apps required
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan·9 Sept 2026
PC maintenance is an unglamorous task that most Windows users set aside, but sooner or later, it can come back to bite them.
Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find
Phys.orgby Graduate Center; CUNY·9 Sept 2026
Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College have found that Asian elephants can suppress impulsive behaviors and...
Kashmir’s water bodies have declined for decades. Is conservation keeping pace?
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates·9 Sept 2026
- A recent study examines 60 years of land use change in Jammu and Kashir and finds a decline in the area’s water bodies while built-up areas expanded markedly.
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into China’s Massive Overseas Investments - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin, Katie Surma·9 Sept 2026
For more than a decade, the Chinese government has overseen a trillion-dollar building spree across the globe, helping construct and finance a vast network of mines, ports, railways and other...
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